DART Closes In
If this asteroid were headed for Earth, DART would have to hit it about 500 years in advance for such a velocity correction to make it miss.
Author: Michael Siegel
Video Throughput: 21 Spaceships And The Rule Of Cool
In this video, I rank 21 spaceships by not only scientific accuracy but how closely they adhere to the Rule of Cool.
God Save The King: Queen Elizabeth II Dead at 96
The royal family announced Queen Elizabeth II death online, saying she had “died peacefully.” The announcement did not specify a cause.
Thursday Throughput: Artemis Delayed Edition
The program, started by President Bush as Constellation, cancelled by President Obama and then resurrected by President Trump as Artemis, has been somewhat contentious.
Mini-Throughput: Ice Sheets and Data Points
One day or one month or one year does not reverse a decades-long trend.
Thursday Throughput: Yes, the Big Bang Happened
The TL;DR version here is that Lerner still cannot adequately explain the primary evidence in favor of the Big Bang, is misquoting both the JWST results and the scientists involved and has yet to present an alternative cosmology that works
Video Throughput: The Empire Strikes Back
Could a Hoth-like world exist? What about Cloud City? And what’s the deal with the Force anyway? Find out below.
Mini-Throughput: The Continued Failure of Malthusianism
Malthusian theory is fine … in a vacuum. But when you take into account human behavior and ingenuity, the theory falls apart.
Thursday Throughput: Uhura Edition
Out of this madness, Uhura appeared. A vision in red and black. Beautiful, smart as hell and not interested in nobody’s nonsense.
Mini-Throughput: Heat Wave Edition
An unprecedented heat wave inevitably comes the debate on whether it is the result of global warming. The answer is no, but yes.
Thursday Throughput: BA5 Edition
Basically, we seem to be in a cycle where COVID is throwing new things at us every six months or so as it continues to circulate through populations.
JWST Unveils the Cosmos
After a quarter of a century, we are finally getting the results of this massive project. And, already, JWST exceed our expectations.
Video Throughput: Armageddon
I’m doing a bumper video for you this week on the 1998 Michael Bay disaster flick “Armageddon”
Mini-Throughput: The Long and Winding Road to Mercury
Three-and-a-half years (or 14 Mercury years) is a long time to wait for the mission to really get going. But Mercury will be worth it.
On Energy Independence and Oil Prices
Donald Trump brought us energy independence and low gas and oil prices; Joe Biden has destroyed that. It’s a good slogan but is it true?
Thursday Throughput: Cretaceous Edition – That Means Dinosaurs
What enraptures children about dinosaurs? Maybe it is, as Dave Barry said, that dinosaurs never get told to go to bed or eat their veggies.
Justice for Ashli Babbitt
While her death is mainly being used to distract from the horror of what went on that day, I am sympathetic to Ashli Babbitt and her family.
Video Throughput: The Science of Star Wars
Any fool can point out the thing Star Wars gets wrong about science. But what did it get right? You’d be surprised how visionary George Lucas was.
Mini-Throughput: What the Data Say About Guns
This field is difficult to study and subject to large biases and complications because gun violence is not monocausal.
Thursday Throughput: Monkeypox Edition
So, here’s the story on monkeypox. It is DNA orthopoxvirus — that’s the family that includes things smallpox.
